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The accidental CIO : a lean and agile playbook for IT leaders /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Millett, Scott (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024]
Subjects:
Chief information officers.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents at a Glance
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Why Should You Care? The CIO Challenge
  • Taking Action: Becoming a Strategic Leader
  • What Will You Learn?
  • Part I A New System of Work
  • Chapter 1 Why We Need to Change The System
  • The Age of Digital Disruption
  • Disruptive Technology
  • The Rise of Customer Expectations and Influence
  • Adaptive Organizations
  • New Business Models
  • Operating in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Business Environment
  • Leading IT in a Complex and Adaptive World
  • Decision-Making with the Cynefin Framework
  • IT Needs to Operate in Both the Ordered and Unordered Problem Spaces
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2 Philosophies for a New System
  • Philosophies vs. Methodologies
  • Discovering Value Using Design Thinking
  • Eliminating Waste with Lean
  • Lean Production: The Toyota Production System and The Toyota Way
  • Lean Enterprise
  • Achieving Flow with the Theory Of Constraints
  • Managing Complexity in Software Development with Agile
  • The Manifesto for Agile Software Development
  • The Values of the Agile Manifesto
  • The Principles of the Agile Manifesto
  • Strategic Decision-Making Using Wardley Mapping
  • Maps
  • Doctrine
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3 How to Change the System
  • Being Agile vs. Doing Agile
  • Why Only Adopting the Practices of Agile Won't Work
  • Use Systems Thinking to Change Behavior
  • The Fundamentals of Systems Thinking
  • Tools for Exploring and Understanding Systems
  • Applying Systems Thinking to Organizational Change
  • Changing Leaders' Mental Models
  • Systems Thinking vs. Linear Thinking
  • The Problems with Command-and-Control Leadership and Management
  • The Beyond Budgeting Movement
  • Leadership Principles to Instill Intrinsic Motivation
  • Emergent and Adaptive Management Processes
  • Instilling Drive through Purpose, Mastery, and Autonomy
  • Summary
  • Part II Designing An Adaptive Operating Model
  • Chapter 4 The Anatomy of an Operating Model
  • The Anatomy of an Operating Model
  • The Themes of an Adaptable Operating Model
  • A Focus on Impacts and Outcomes over Output
  • Structured for Intrinsic Motivation
  • A Focus on Being Agile, Not Just Doing Agile
  • Manage the Flow of Work
  • Lead the People
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5 How We Are Organized
  • Organizational Structure
  • Hierarchy
  • Holacracy
  • The Need for a Balanced Design
  • Supporting an Ambidextrous Organization
  • Understanding the Influence of Conway's Law and the Cognitive Load Theory on Team Performance
  • Conway's Law
  • Cognitive Load Theory
  • Product-Centric Development Teams
  • The Definition of a Product
  • Comparing to Project Teams
  • Defined Boundaries of Responsibility
  • Clarity of Purpose
  • Autonomous and Self-Sufficient
  • Appropriately Sized Teams
  • The Benefits of Product Teams
  • Defining Product Team Boundaries